Michael Cash wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:14:08 +0900, Curt Fischer <crf3@po.cwru.edu>
> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
> 
> >
> >
> >Jason Cormier wrote:
> >>
> >> On 7/11/03 12:02, in article 3F0EDF85.1CD93F04@po.cwru.edu, "Curt Fischer"
> >> <crf3@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >>> I hasten to add that grading papers can be done during work hours.
> >> >>
> >> >> A teacher's job is not only teaching classes and grading papers. There are
> >> >> other things that must also be done during work hours, or outside of them.
> >> >>
> >> >>> Teachers
> >> >>> are not teaching in the classroom every minute they are in the school
> >> >>> building. Once this fact is considered, the hourly wage of a teacher jumps
> >> >>> up even further. I would be very surprised to learn that the average
> >> >>> teacher's classroom time, grading of papers, lesson planning et cetera add
> >> >>> up to over 40 hours a week.
> >> >>
> >> >> Then I guess that I surprise you.
> >> >
> >> > Do you average 40 hrs/week over a 52 week period?
> >>
> >> So no other job offers any paid vacation? Wouldn't it be more accurate to
> >> ask if I do so over 46-50 weeks? Most professional jobs in Canada offer
> >> about 4 weeks of vacation, so I'll use 48 weeks.
> >
> >OK, no argument from me.  Of course, I bet even given vacation, many
> >other professions average 40 hrs over 52 weeks.
> 
> I'm sitting here thinking, "What the fuck is this fixation on 40 hours
> a week? What the hell can you get done in 40 hours anyway?"
> 
> I realize this is entirely the result of my having an extremely warped
> perspective on stuff like this, so no one should take the following
> comment too seriously (I certainly don't)....but all this talk about
> having to work a few hours over 40 each week sounds like a bunch of
> whiny-assed crybabies to me.

Well, 40 hours is a convenient reference point, because then ＿everyone
＿ can be putting more hours than your "average" guy, and complain about
it.

-- 
Curt Fischer